Improvement in stopper-fasteners



P. J. SEYBOLD. Stopper-Fastener.

No.198,22l. Patented Dec. 18,1877.

WiTmssEs: INVENTOR.

UNITED S TAT PATENT ()FFIGE.

FREDERICK J. SEYBOLD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN :STO PPER- FASTEN ERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,221, dated December18, 1877; application filed September 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. SEYBOLD, of the city of Ohicago,'in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stopper-Fasteners, which improvement is fully set forthin the following specification, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention pertains to that class of articles denominated, in ageneral way, stopperfasteners, and may be used with like facilities on abottle, jar, flask, and similar articles; and consists, in a generalway, of a plate resting on top of a bottle, jar, can, flask, or similararticles. To the under side of this plate is appended a nipple orstopple that projects downward into the neck'of the bottle or otherreceptacle. This plate is hinged at one of its sides by means of a hingewhich is formed of one end of the neck-wire, which is bent upwardfromthe neck-wire where it passes around the neck of the bottle, below theflange or shoulder formed on the neck of the bottle'or other receptacle.One or both ends of the neck-wire may form this hinge on which the plateon top of the bottle or other receptacle turns. In case both ends areused, they both pass into a horizontal hole in a lug on the plate, thetwo ends of the hinge meeting at or about the center of the hole. On theopposite side of the bottle or other receptacle from the side on whichthe plate is hinged a hook is constructed in or attached to theneck-wire. On the side of the plate over this hook are two lugs, inwhich a lever is pivoted, and in this lever is hung a link.- The leveris turned down alongside of the bottle or other receptacle, which actionallows the link to be caught by the hook. The lever is then turned up ontop of the bottle or other receptacle, resting on the plate to which thestopper is attached. This brings the link astride of the lugs in whichthe lever is pivoted, and presses the stopper or nipple down into themouth of the bottle or other receptacle.

In the various figures like letters designate the same parts of thefastener.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents my stopper-fastener in the positionjust before the link is caught on the hook on the neck-wire.

In Fig. 1, A is the plate. B is a lug on the rear part of the same, towhich is attached the hinge formed by the neck-wire. O is the end of theneck-wire, bent upward, so as to pass through the lug B, and form ahinge on which the plate A turns in opening or closing the bottle orother receptacle. D is the neck-wire. E is the hook on the neck-wire, onwhich the link suspended in the lever catches. F is the link that issuspended in the lever, and which catches on the hook E on theneck-wire. G is the lever pivoted in lugs on the plate A. H

are the lugs to which G is pivoted. I is the pivot on which the lever Gturns. K is the head of the bottle or other receptacle. L is the neck ofthe bottle or other receptacle.

Fig. 2 is a perspective front and side view, and represents the fastenerclosed, and the bottle or other receptacle securely stopped.

Fig. 3 represents the stopper-fastener opened.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the lever. In this figure (4.) N is the holethrough which the pivot passes that pivots the lever G to the lugs H onthe plate A. P is the hole through which the link passes that issuspended in the lever G.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the plate. In this figure (5) A is the body ofthe plate. B is the lug to which the hinge O is attached. H are the lugsto which the lever G is pivoted. I is the pivot that passes through thehole n in the lever G.

Fig. 6 is a top view of the plate and lever. I is the pivot, pivotingthe lever G to the lugs F is the link which passes through the hole P inthe lever G, and which, when the fastener is closed, straddles the lugsH.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the plate. In this figure (7) S is the hole inthe lugs H through which the pivot I passes.

To close this fastener when in the position shown in Fig. 3, place thefinger under the plate at A, and, raising the plate with its attachmentsupward, bring it over and across the top of the bottle or otherreceptacle into the position shown in Fig. 1. Then place the link Fbeneath the hook E, and carry the lever upward and backward until itrests in the position shown in Fig. 2, when the fastener is closed andthe bottle or other receptacle securely stopped.

In this invention I do not limit myself to the exact form of the hook asshown at E but it may be either formed as a part of the neck-wire D, orit may be attached to the neckwire D, or it may be a loop instead of ahook, and the link F may be terminated in a hook instead of a loop, andhooked into this loop, which, it has just been seen, might besubstituted for the hook E. In any case, the principle involved remainsthe same, the varied forms simply being substitutes.

Neither do I confine myself to the form of lever shown, but it may besimply a wire, the holes N and P, as shown in Fig. 4, being formedsimply-by a turn, bend, or loop in the wire, the principle, in thatcase, remaining the same.

Neither do I limit myself to the form of plate here shown and described,as, instead of the lugs H and B, there may be one contin uous wireattached to the plate A, the two ends reaching down toward the hinge (J,and the middle of this wire forming a loop at I, on which the lever Gmight turn. The two ends reaching downward toward 0 might terminate in abend that might catch around the neckwire D. In this case the supposedmodifications would be simply a substitution of parts, and the principlewould remain the same as here shown. The neck-wire D may be made to passentirely or almost entirely around the bottle or other receptacle, ashere shown, the two ends forming the hinge on which the plate Aturns,this neck-wire being held fast around the bottle by an auxiliaryneck-wire, shown at T. (Shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.) The middle of thisneck-wire D is formed into the shape of a hook, as shown at E.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the neck-wire D may only pass half-way, orthereabout, around the neck of the bottle or other receptacle, one endterminating in the hinge C, while the other terminates in the hook E,this neck-wire passing half-way around the bottle or other receptacle,being secured there by an auxiliary neck-wire, T, as seen in Figs. 1, 2,and 3, as in the case above, and as shown in the drawings andspecification, the principle remaining the same.

It will be apparent to the careful observer that the hook E, instead ofbeing a hook, may be a loop reaching upwardto the top of the bottle orother receptacle, in which loop the lever G might be pivoted through thehole P, while the hole N might be in the form of a fork, which may beplaced on the pivot I, and the lever turned over on top of the bottle,the same as in the present case, and the result would be the same as inthe present case. Or, instead of the hook E being carried up in the formof a loop to the bottle or other receptacle, the link F might be madepermanently fast to the neck-wire D at or about E, and the lever pivotedin the link F through the hole P, and, the hole N being a fork, thelever G could be turned upward on top of the plate A, as in the caselast supposed, and as represented and described in the drawings andspecification, the result being the same in either case; but I regardthese modifications as simply the use of equivalents, apparent to anyreasonably-careful observer, and as no change in the principle involvedor in the action of the mechanism employed in the fastener shown anddescribed in the drawings and specification.

What I claim as new? and as my invention,

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and wish to secure by ers Patent, is-

1. In a bottle-stopper fastener, the plate A, having lug H, pivot-holeI, lever G, and link F, in combination with neck-wire D, having hook E,substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a bottle-stopper fastener, the plate A, having the lug B, the lugH, pivot I, lever Gr, and link F, in combination with the neckwire D,having hook E, tying-wire T, and upward projection O, forming a hingewith lug B, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

FREDERICK J. SEYBOLD.

Witnesses:

JESSE E. PHELPS, HENRY (3. STRONG.

